Companion to the Hellenistic and Roman Near East

Discover a comprehensive and cross-disciplinary handbook exploring several sub-regions and key themes perfect for a new generation of students
 
A Companion to the Hellenistic and Roman Near East delivers the first complete handbook in the area of Hellenistic and Roman Near Eastern history. The book is divided into sections dealing with interdisciplinary source material, each with a great deal of regional variety and engaging with several key themes. It integrates discussions of the classical Near East with the typical undergraduate teaching syllabus in the Anglo-Saxon world.
 
All contributors in this edited volume are leading scholars in their field, with a combination of established researchers and academics, and emerging voices. Contributors hail from countries across several continents, and work in various disciplines, including Ancient History, Archaeology, Art History, Epigraphy, Numismatics, and Oriental Studies.
 
In addition to furthering the integration of the Levantine lands in the classical periods into the teaching canon, the book offers readers:
* The first comprehensively structured Companion and edited handbook on the Hellenistic and Roman Near East
* Extensive regional and sub-regional variety in the cross-disciplinary source material
* A way to compensate for the recent destruction of monuments in the region and the new generation of researchers' inability to examine these historical stages in person
* An integration of the study of the Hellenistic and Roman Near East with traditional undergraduate teaching syllabi in the Anglo-Saxon world
 
Perfect for undergraduate history and classics students studying the Near East, A Companion to the Hellenistic and Roman Near East will also earn a place in the libraries of graduate students and scholars working within Near Eastern studies, as well as interested members of the public with a passion for history.

Table des matières

Preface xii
 
List of Figures xiii
 
List of Maps xxi
 
Contributor Biographies xxii
 
Abbreviations xxviii
 
Maps xxx
 
1 Introduction 1
Ted Kaizer
 
2 Historical Narrative 9
Maurice Sartre
 
Part I Sources 19
 
3 Geographical Sources and Documents 21
Gillian Ramsey
 
4 Berossos between Greek and Babylonian Culture 34
Johannes H. Haubold
 
5 Lucian, Philo of Byblos, and Ps.-Meliton 44
J.L. Lightfoot
 
6 Jewish Sources 54
C.T. Robert Hayward
 
7 Josephus 66
Jan Willem van Henten
 
8 Syriac Sources 76
Alberto Rigolio
 
9 Greek and Latin Inscriptions 86
Pierre-Louis Gatier
 
10 Ancient North Arabian 99
Ahmad al-Jallad
 
11 Parchments and Papyri 105
Kimberley Czajkowski
 
12 Statues, Reliefs, and Paintings: Hellenism versus Local Culture 114
Lucinda Dirven
 
13 Archaeology and Architecture 126
Rubina Raja
 
14 Numismatics 135
Kevin Butcher
 
15 Air-Photography 154
David L. Kennedy
 
16 Mosaics 177
Janine Balty
 
Part II Regions, Places, and Peoples 189
 
17 The Tetrapolis and Other City Foundations 191
Apostolos Bousdroukis
 
18 The Decapolis 213
Achim Lichtenberger
 
19 Commagene 223
Margherita Facella
 
20 Hellenistic and Roman Phoenicia 240
Michael Sommer
 
21 Lebanon 249
Julien Aliquot
 
22 Judaea, the Palestinian Coast, the Galilee, Idumaea, and Samaria 259
Yaron Z. Eliav
 
23 The Nabataeans 272
David F. Graf
 
24 Palmyra 284
Jean-Baptiste Yon
 
25 Dura-Europos 295
J.A. Baird
 
26 The Middle Euphrates 305
P.M. Edwell
 
27 The Parthian and Sasanian Near East (including Hatra, Edessa, and the Characene) 316
Tommaso Gnoli
 
28 The Desert and its Peoples 327
M.C.A. Macdonald
 
Part III Themes 335
 
29 The Roman Armies in the Near East 337
Oliver Stoll
 
30 Roads and Harbors 350
Benjamin Isaac
 
31 Kingdoms and Principalities 365
Andreas J.M. Kropp
 
32 Trade 378
MichaB Gawlikowski
 
33 Local and Regional Economies 389
Kai Ruffing
 
34 The Arabs 397
M.C.A. Macdonald
 
35 Indigenous Law 402
John F. Healey
 
36 Funerary Traditions 412
Lidewijde de Jong
 
37 Religious Life 423
Alison C. Ewins and Eris B. Williams Reed
 
38 Early Christianity in the Near East 435
L. Van Rompay
 
Bibliography 445
 
Index 518

A propos de l'auteur

Ted Kaizer is Professor in Roman Culture and History at Durham University. He is the author of The Religious Life of Palmyra and has edited or co-edited several volumes on the social and religious history of the Roman Near East. Most recently he has written the historiographical introductions for two volumes on Dura-Europos in the Bibliotheca Cumontiana, Scripta Minora VII and Scripta Maiora XI.

Résumé

Discover a comprehensive and cross-disciplinary handbook exploring several sub-regions and key themes perfect for a new generation of students

A Companion to the Hellenistic and Roman Near East delivers the first complete handbook in the area of Hellenistic and Roman Near Eastern history. The book is divided into sections dealing with interdisciplinary source material, each with a great deal of regional variety and engaging with several key themes. It integrates discussions of the classical Near East with the typical undergraduate teaching syllabus in the Anglo-Saxon world.

All contributors in this edited volume are leading scholars in their field, with a combination of established researchers and academics, and emerging voices. Contributors hail from countries across several continents, and work in various disciplines, including Ancient History, Archaeology, Art History, Epigraphy, Numismatics, and Oriental Studies.

In addition to furthering the integration of the Levantine lands in the classical periods into the teaching canon, the book offers readers:
* The first comprehensively structured Companion and edited handbook on the Hellenistic and Roman Near East
* Extensive regional and sub-regional variety in the cross-disciplinary source material
* A way to compensate for the recent destruction of monuments in the region and the new generation of researchers' inability to examine these historical stages in person
* An integration of the study of the Hellenistic and Roman Near East with traditional undergraduate teaching syllabi in the Anglo-Saxon world

Perfect for undergraduate history and classics students studying the Near East, A Companion to the Hellenistic and Roman Near East will also earn a place in the libraries of graduate students and scholars working within Near Eastern studies, as well as interested members of the public with a passion for history.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: T Kaizer, Ted Kaizer, Ted (University of Durham) Kaizer
• Collaboration: Ted Kaizer (Editeur), Kaizer Ted (Editeur)
• Edition: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781444339826
• ISBN: 978-1-4443-3982-6
• Pages: 576
• Thèmes: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World; Blackwell Companions to the An; Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World; Blackwell Companions to the An
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Antiquité; Antike, Classical Studies, Humanistische Studien, Ancient & Classical History, Antike u. klassische Geschichte, Naher Osten /Alte Geschichte